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About the film
About the film
- If you're a Jackie Chan fan, I'm sure you already know this film and you own it in some capacity. Jackie Chan is a weak pushover. Yada yada, het gets bullied. Yada yada, Jackie befriends "Beggar So", who is a strange old man but it turns out that he's a martial arts master,. Yada yada, he teaches Jackie an unusual method of kung fu. Yada yada, evil martial arts master is out there murdering people who don't practice the same martial arts style that he does. Yada yada, Beggar So is his last target. Yada Yada, Jackie uses Beggar So's style of martial arts plus something that he learned from watching a cat and snake fight each other to save Beggar So. Yada yada...the end.
- It is the first collaboration between Jackie Chan and Yuen Woo-Ping. It is also Yuen Woo Ping's directorial debut.
- It stars Yuen Woo Ping's actual father, Yuen Siu-Ten, as "Beggar So", who becomes Jackie's "sifu" (master) in this film (and also in the follow-up film Drunken Master).
- The infamous "snake vs. cat" fight scene was heavily censored in the UK for "animal cruelty", and unfortunately the 88 Films blu-ray kept this censorship. However, other blu-rays, such as from Twighlight Time and the German blu-ray by Koch Media (can't find a link to it). I believe 88 Films more or less used the same master. Visually, the only real difference is that 88 Films used a purple filter for certain flashback scenes, which I guess was in the original theatrical release.
So what's special about my reconstruction?
- It is uncut. I use 88 Films' master for everything except for the "cat vs. snake" fight.
- Original Chinese credits! 88 Films reconstructed the Chinese opening credits in HD as a special feature on their release. Translations of those credits are provided in the subtitles.
Specs for my reconstruction
File Format
Audio
*For these tacks, I was forced to use the inferior tracks from the US blu-ray during the "cat vs snake" scene, which are a bit muffled and lack the strength and vigor of the 88 Films tracks
Subtitles
- MKV, 27.35 GB
Audio
- 2.0 LPCM (mono), Cantonese [original]*
- 2.0 LPCM (mono), Mandarin*
- 2.0 LPCM (mono), English*
- 2.0 LPCM (mono), English with different and funkier music score! Taken from German Blu-ray.
- 2.0 LPCM (mono), isolated score and sound effects*
- Audio Commentary by film historians Ric Myers and Jeff Yang
*For these tacks, I was forced to use the inferior tracks from the US blu-ray during the "cat vs snake" scene, which are a bit muffled and lack the strength and vigor of the 88 Films tracks
Subtitles
- English for Cantonese track, based on 88 Films' translation
- English for English dubs (translates signs and text only)
